abu garcia ambassadeur elite rod Max Spinning Combo Glass rod featuring an EVA handle and aluminum oxide guides. Abu Garcia Ambassadeur CSB Pro

Shimano Curado (MicroModule Gearing): Shimanos pursuit is ultimate smoothness

Another alternative thats a step up from Shakespeare is the Abu Garcia Ambassadeur S 6500

I threw a handful of lures on it ranging from a 1/4-ounce finesse jig on fluorocarbon to a 1/2-ounce spinnerbait on braid

Throughout the summer, I used all of these reels to fish popular bass fishing techniques from topwater, to jigs, to crankbaits, to chatterbaits in grass, and even carolina rigs

At the end of the day, the right pike combo is simply the one youre not thinking about while youre fishingrod and reel disappear, and all thats left is the cast, the retrieve, and whatever hits next